Shahi Mawa Kachori | Rajasthani Sweet Puff Pastry | Diwali Special

The state of Rajasthan in India is rich in culture, heritage, tradition and customs. It is a colourful state with a rich legacy which celebrates food. Our Home Chef Leo was in the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan to celebrate Diwali and the celebration in the Pink City was full of illumination, customs and the delicious traditional Rajasthani delicacies. The royal state of India boasts of some unique sweets, and one such Rajasthani Diwali Special sweet which enticed our taste buds were the Shahi Mawa Kachori.

Shahi Mawa Kachori is a speciality from the city of Jodhpur but is now made across entire Rajasthan.

Mawa Kachori Recipe –

Ingredients

For dough:

• Maida - 1 cup

• Ghee - 5 tbsp

• Pinch of salt

For stuffing:

• Cashews,almonds,raisins – 1 cup
• Mawa – 2 cups

• Powdered Green cardamom – 1 tbsp

For sugar syrup:

• Sugar - 1 cup

• Water – 1 cup

For Garnishing:

• Almonds - 4 (slice thinly)

• Cashews - 2 (chop in small pieces)

• Ghee/Vegetable oil - for frying kachoris

How to make Mawa Kachori:

• Take maida in any bowl and mix ghee into it. With help of water knead soft dough (don't knead the dough too much until smooth, just bind the flour). For kneading this much quantity of flour approx. 1/4 cup of water is used. Cover the dough and keep aside for 15-20 minutes.

• Heat a pan. Add Ghee and roast the Mawa on low flame. Add sugar and mix well till it changes colour. Add chopped nuts and cardamom powder. Take out the filling from the flame and let it cool.

• For sugar syrup, heat a saucepan and add 1 cup of sugar and water. Boil it till the syrup is of one string consistency and turn off the flame. Let it cool.

• Make lemon size balls of the dough. Slowly press the dough in soft pockets and fill the Mawa mixture. Seal the puri and flatten it. Be careful there are no cracks in the puri.

• Turn on the flame and Heat a kadhai/frying pan. Add Ghee/oil and let it heat too. Once the oil is hot lower down the flame.

• Drop the kachoris slowly and fry two at a time only. Fry the kachoris on medium heat till it changes colour.

• Take out the kachoris and drizzle the sugar syrup on it.

• Garnish with chopped nuts and rose petals. Mawa Kachori is ready to be eaten.